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Annual Customs, Excise and Service Tax Case Digest: CESTAT Rulings 2025 (Part 2)
This article summarises all CESTAT orders published in the Taxscan.in. Packaging Bulk to Retail amounts to Manufacturing: CESTAT sets aside...
![Search Assessment Not Barred by Limitation if Order is Passed within Statutory Period Regardless of Service Date: ITAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/27/250x150_2115207-search-assessment-not-barred-by-limitation-if-order-is-passed-within-statutory-period-regardless-of-service-date-itat-taxscan.webp "Search Assessment Not Barred by Limitation if Order is Passed within Statutory Period Regardless of Service Date: ITAT [Read Order]")
![ITAT Directs Lumpsum 8% Tax Rate on Unexplained Cash Receipts and Payments for Alleged Accommodation Entry Business [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/27/250x150_2115200-itat-directs-lumpsum-8-tax-rate-on-unexplained-cash-receipts-and-payments-for-alleged-accommodation-entry-business-taxscan.webp "ITAT Directs Lumpsum 8% Tax Rate on Unexplained Cash Receipts and Payments for Alleged Accommodation Entry Business [Read Order]")
![Publicising Donor Names for Religious Events Not Convert Donations into Business Income: ITAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/27/250x150_2115205-publicising-donor-names-religious-events-not-convert-donations-business-income-itat-taxscan.webp "Publicising Donor Names for Religious Events Not Convert Donations into Business Income: ITAT [Read Order]")
![Liquidated Damages for Breach of Contract Not Taxable under GST: Karnataka HC Orders Refund of Rs. 5 Crore Paid under Protest [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/26/750x450_2115105-liquidated-damages-for-breach-of-contract-not-taxable-under-gst-karnataka-hc-orders-refund-of-rs-5-crore-paid-under-protest-taxscan.webp "Liquidated Damages for Breach of Contract Not Taxable under GST: Karnataka HC Orders Refund of Rs. 5 Crore Paid under Protest [Read Order]")
![GST officers must Comply with BNSS Procedures during arrest under GST Act despite Revenue Nature of Investigation: Gauhati HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/26/500x300_2115039-gst-officers-must-bnss-procedures-during-arrest-under-gst-act-taxscan.webp "GST officers must Comply with BNSS Procedures during arrest under GST Act despite Revenue Nature of Investigation: Gauhati HC [Read Order]")
![GST Dept Recovers Over 20% of Disputed Tax During Pendency of Rectification Application: Calcutta HC Stays Recovery [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/26/500x300_2114949-bogusness-of-gst-bill-gst-bill-know-and-report-understand-taxscan.webp "GST Dept Recovers Over 20% of Disputed Tax During Pendency of Rectification Application: Calcutta HC Stays Recovery [Read Order]")
![Air Purifiers Qualify as Medical Devices: Delhi HC Seeks GST Council Review of 18% GST Amid Pollution Crisis [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/25/500x300_2114831-delhi-hc-seeks-gst-council-review-gst-amid-pollution-crisis-taxscan.webp "Air Purifiers Qualify as Medical Devices: Delhi HC Seeks GST Council Review of 18% GST Amid Pollution Crisis [Read Order]")
![Illness of Firms Partner is Sufficient Cause for Condonation of Delay: Calcutta HC Quashes GST Appellate Order [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/25/500x300_2114769-illness-firm-partner-sufficient-cause-condonation-delay-calcutta-hc-quashes-gst-appellate-order-taxscan.webp "Illness of Firms Partner is Sufficient Cause for Condonation of Delay: Calcutta HC Quashes GST Appellate Order [Read Order]")
![Search Assessment Not Barred by Limitation if Order is Passed within Statutory Period Regardless of Service Date: ITAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/27/750x450_2115207-search-assessment-not-barred-by-limitation-if-order-is-passed-within-statutory-period-regardless-of-service-date-itat-taxscan.webp "Search Assessment Not Barred by Limitation if Order is Passed within Statutory Period Regardless of Service Date: ITAT [Read Order]")
Search Assessment Not Barred by Limitation if Order is Passed within Statutory Period Regardless of Service Date: ITAT [Read Order]
The tribunal ruled that the validity of an assessment depends on the date of order passed by the Assessing Officer, and the subsequent date of service is irrelevant for determining if the order is barred by limitation.
![SCN Lacks Precise BAS Classification: CESTAT Sets aside Service Tax Demand against Amway Distributor [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/08/750x450_2111025-scn-lacks-precise-bas-classification-cestat-sets-aside-service-tax-demand-against-amway-distributor-taxscan.webp "SCN Lacks Precise BAS Classification: CESTAT Sets aside Service Tax Demand against Amway Distributor [Read Order]")
![Writ Jurisdiction Not Invocable at SCN Stage: Chhattisgarh HC Dismisses State Beverages Corporation’s Plea on Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/19/500x300_2113176-chhattisgarh-hc-scn-writ-jurisdiction-state-beverages-service-tax-demand-taxscan.webp "Writ Jurisdiction Not Invocable at SCN Stage: Chhattisgarh HC Dismisses State Beverages Corporation’s Plea on Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Demand Based only on ITR–ST-3 Mismatch Unsustainable: CESTAT Holds Revenue must Establish Taxable Value before Levy [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/06/500x300_2110562-service-tax-demand-trst-3-cestat-taxable-value-before-levy-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand Based only on ITR–ST-3 Mismatch Unsustainable: CESTAT Holds Revenue must Establish Taxable Value before Levy [Read Order]")
![When Dept Admits No Service Tax Liability, It cannot Deny Refund of Deposit made during Investigation on Limitation: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/08/500x300_2111017-chhattisgarh-hc-taxscan.jfif "When Dept Admits No Service Tax Liability, It cannot Deny Refund of Deposit made during Investigation on Limitation: Chhattisgarh HC [Read Order]")
![Construction of Govt. Residential Quarters to GSPHCL Not Taxable: CESTAT Drops Service Tax Demand on Works Contract but Upholds GTA Liability [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/07/500x300_2110695-construction-govt-residential-quarters-gsphcl-taxable-cestat-drops-service-tax-demand-works-contract-upholds-gta-liability.webp "Construction of Govt. Residential Quarters to GSPHCL Not Taxable: CESTAT Drops Service Tax Demand on Works Contract but Upholds GTA Liability [Read Order]")
![Date of Default Not Mandatory in Invoice-Based Demand Notice: NCLAT Sets Aside Section 9 Rejection [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/750x450_2112278-date-default-not-mandatory-invoice-based-demand-notice-nclat-sets-aside-section-9-rejection-taxscan.webp "Date of Default Not Mandatory in Invoice-Based Demand Notice: NCLAT Sets Aside Section 9 Rejection [Read Order]")
Date of Default Not Mandatory in Invoice-Based Demand Notice: NCLAT Sets Aside Section 9 Rejection [Read Order]
The Tribunal ruled that Form-4 demand notices need not mention a specific date of default when invoices reflect the default, and limitation applies from the last transaction in continuous dealings. Thus, setting aside Section 9 of the IBC.
Kavi Priya
![Service Tax Not Payable on liquidated damages collected from supplier on account of non-performance of the contracts: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CESTAT-CESTAT-Bangalore-Service-Tax-liquidated-damages-Taxscan.jpg "Service Tax Not Payable on liquidated damages collected from supplier on account of non-performance of the contracts: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Yogitha S. Yogesh
Rupesh Sharma
Saagarika Gopinath
Date of Default Not Mandatory in Invoice-Based Demand Notice: NCLAT Sets Aside Section 9 Rejection [Read Order]
The Tribunal ruled that Form-4 demand notices need not mention a specific date of default when invoices reflect the default, and limitation applies from the last transaction in continuous dealings. Thus, setting aside Section 9 of the IBC.
![One-Third of ICC Sponsorship Fee Paid by LG Electronics relates to Trademark Use, Taxable as Royalty: Delhi HC Upholds 15% TDS [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/27/750x450_2115203-icc-sponsorship-lg-electronics-trademark-use-taxable-royalty-delhi-hc-tds-taxscan.webp "One-Third of ICC Sponsorship Fee Paid by LG Electronics relates to Trademark Use, Taxable as Royalty: Delhi HC Upholds 15% TDS [Read Order]")
![GSTAT Rules 2025: CBIC Amends Recruitment Norms for Group C Employees [Read Notification]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/26/500x300_2115080-gstat-rules-2025-cbic-amends-recruitment-norms-for-group-c-employees-taxscan.webp "GSTAT Rules 2025: CBIC Amends Recruitment Norms for Group C Employees [Read Notification]")
![Annual Tax & Corporate Law Digest 2025: Complete High Court Cases [Part XIX]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/23/500x300_2114268-annual-tax-corporate-law-digest-2025-complete-high-court-cases-part-xix-taxscan.webp "Annual Tax & Corporate Law Digest 2025: Complete High Court Cases [Part XIX]")
![Annual Tax & Corporate Law Digest 2025: Complete High Court Cases [Part XVIII]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/23/500x300_2114292-annual-tax-digest-2025-supreme-court-high-court-cases-part-xviii-taxscan.jfif "Annual Tax & Corporate Law Digest 2025: Complete High Court Cases [Part XVIII]")
![Annual Tax & Corporate Law Digest 2025: Complete High Court Cases [Part XVII]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/23/500x300_2114282-annual-tax-corporate-law-digest-2025-complete-high-court-cases-part-xvii-taxscan.webp "Annual Tax & Corporate Law Digest 2025: Complete High Court Cases [Part XVII]")
